Delhi Metro Erects 52m Long Steel Girders Over Agra Canal
Towards the end of August, Afcons Infrastructure – the Delhi Metro’s contractor for contract CC-15 of Phase 3 started erecting 52 meter long I-shaped steel girders for the new Magenta line over the Agra Canal! 3 of these girders in fact got captured on Google Earth’s latest satellite imagery:
This section of the Magenta line lies between the Jasola Vihar-Shaheen Bagh station and the Kalindi Kunj station in the south-east corner of the city – see Phase 3 map.
Images:
1st girder being placed over the Agra canal – Photo Copyright: Gokul Chandra Pandey
Photo Copyright: Gokul Chandra Pandey
2nd girder being placed over the Agra Canal – Photo Copyright: Gokul Chandra Pandey
Besides the Agra Canal section, Afcons has used steel girders to allow the Magenta line to jump over the Kalindi Kunj Road near the Okhla Vihar station:
Photo Copyright: Gokul Chandra Pandey
For more updates on Delhi Metro’s Phase III, check out the Delhi section of The Metro Rail Guy!
– TMRG
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